Veronica Belmont of Jason Calacanis's Mahalo Daily is here with a crew of three or four people — and that's before her Engadget support team shows up. Jason, I thought the point of Internet video was that you didn't need a big support staff.

There are the usual event staples of fish and pasta, but then there is a lone waitress walking around with delicious lamb chops. Every time she walks by I hear a quiet chorus from the surrounding press flacks: "Ooh, are those lamb chops?"

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A remote-controlled rolling robotic beer cooler. True, this is a gadget but it combines laziness, beer, and completely uselessness; three tried and true geek pastimes.